PacktPub – every book / video for 5$
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In addition, I was not qualified enough at the time to be reviewing that book. I hope I did a reasonable job, but neither me nor the author should have been involved as we were both far too junior.
My “payment” was a physical copy of the book I reviewed and 2 ebooks. Both ebooks I got were pretty terrible too.
These might be worth $5 for someone new to a technical field, but for anyone with any experience they will likely be far too shallow.
This feels so wrong. Is this a regular practice among publishers? Paying reviewers with copies of the book they reviewed?
> Packt is planning to publish a book titled as 'SQLAlchemy cookbook' which would be a 300 page book and in the process of seeking potential authors to work on this book I also read through your resume [Link]. It is evident that you have an expertise in this area and as such seems to be an ideal candidate to author this book for us.
> It would be a pleasure working with an authority of your caliber.
I had been in the industry for less than a year and I did not mention SQLAlchemy on the resume that they linked to.
After seeing what their process is to find authors, I cannot recommend any book that they publish. It's not the monetary cost. It's the opportunity cost of not reading a book on the subject that is good.
[1]: http://lakeofbits.com/packt-publishing-authorship-offer/